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UNITED STATESMP'AIENT ()lil- 'iCi i.

GEORGE A. WEBER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNUK. NY .ill'lnNl'l F5l( MENTS, TO THE RAiL JOINT COMPANY, OF NE\ YORK.

PGRATION OF NEW YGRK.

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Specification of Lettersv Patent.

Patented April 17, 1906.

Application flied March 31', 1W5. Serial No. 153.134.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known thatI, Gsones A. WEBER, a citizen of the United States, ands resident of the boron h of Manhattan, city, county, and State of L ew-York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in RaiiJoints', of which the following is a specification accom anied by draw' s. v f

T iis invention re ates to 5 railroad rail joints; and the object of the invention is to" improve upon the construction of the railchairs or shoe-angles, thus increasing their strength and efficiency and the strength of thejoint. Further objects of the invention will hereinafter appear; and to these ends the invention consists of a railchair embodying the features of construction, combinations of elements, and erra ement of parts, substantially as hereina ter fully described and claimed in this s ecification and shown in the accompanying rawhi s,inwhich Fi ures I, 2, 3, and 4 are transverse sectiondl views of rail-joints embodying the invention. Fig. '5 is a side elevation of Fig. 3. Fig. 6 is a side elevation of Fig. 1. Fig. 7 is a plan view of Figs. 3 and 6. Fig. 8 is a side Jelevation of a modification.

Referring to Figs. 1, 2, and 6, A and B rep resent the meeting ends of rails, and Cisarailchair having a base I) and an inwardly-turned portion E, connected to an u right portion F, forming a boltlate or side J31. As shown, the upright or slde bar F bears under the rails and on top of the flanges of the rails, and in this instance the inwardly-turned portion E does not bear upon the bases of the rails for its entire surface, but for only a portion of the surface, so that a snug fit is obtained upon the rail-flanges. At the juncture of the inwardly-turned portion E of the (hair and of the base D is a spiking rih or nose G, and in Figs. 1, 2, and 6 portions 1] of this spiking-rib are bent downwardly at each end of the rail-clu1ir to increase the strength of the chair. The hollowed or concave which increase the total hcighl oithc chair.

In Fig. 1 two cooperating mil-chairs are shown, one at each side of th joint, while in Fig. 2 one mil-chair is shown :ll one side of llnjuinhwhilv there is :m angle-plow] ill the ulhvr hldl' ol' the joinl. ln h lh ins-lunccs suitable bolts J, provided with heads K and nutsL, secure the parts of the joint together. In i3 and 5 the downwardly-bent wing or iollowed flange is provided at the central portion of the length of the rail-chair instead of at each end. In Fig. 4 the wings O are'bent upwardly at each end of the railchair instead of downwardly. In Fig. 8 the wing P is bent upwardly atthe center of th len th of the raii-chair to increase the strengt of t e chair.

. The webs or wings H, whether bent down or u maybe formed at an an de either extendnig outwardly or inwardly iiom the vertical or else they may be bent to a substantially vertical position. The osi on of the central ortion of the hollow o a wmg detcrmines t 1e an le of the wing. In Fig. 3 the left-hand chair has the win extending outwardl *from the vertical, while the right-hand chair shows the wing extendin inwardly. Thus two different chairs may 9 rovided for one joint, or else chairs having similarly bent wings may be used, and either chair may be used with an upright or bolt plate of any suitable character at the opposite side of the oint. v

3 In Fig. 2 a rail-chair is shown with the web or wing H arranged suhstantieily vertically,

and, if desired, two chairs of this character may be used.

It is referable to have. the webs or wings bent cit ier up or down and at an angle to the vertical, like Figs; 1, 3, and 4, because such construction seems best to meet the combine.- tion strains in the joint due to the osciliat' sidewise action of the train on the rails an firmly holds the rails up as well as prevents the rail ends from rising. It is impor-i ant to take care of the resultant side strains in a joint due to the action of the wheels which a re and vantageous in the t they may he formed a! he center of the joint without interfering V with the tamping, and the center of the joint llnngcs ii form downwnrdlybent wings,

Inn lav placed ml a lie. if desired, instead of hvturvn the ties. The upturned webs are :llsn pl'vl'vmhh' for electrically-conducting joints. siIu-v lln-ro is no linhilily of hearings touching any metal under the Jlilllt on (he 1 ground. f r instant-v, and causing short H'- cnhs. \\'il h this form it is not necessary to displace any of the road-bed for the webs, so that the dan er of snow and water freezing in such hole is o viated.

Obviousl some features of this invention may be use without others, and the invention ma be embodied in widely-varying forms.

herefo're, without limiting myself to the constructions vshown and described or enumerating equivalents, I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, the following: 1. A'rail-joint comprising the rails, a side bar at one side of the joint, and a rail-chair at the other side, said chair comprising a base, an upri ht, and a s iking-rib bent out of the plane 0 the base tolbrm a hollowed strengthening-web and having the central portion of the Ihollow of the web at an angle to the vertica 2. A rail-joint coni nsmg' the rails, a side bar at one side of the hint, and a rail-chair at the other side, said 0 air comprising a. base,

an n right, and a spiking rib bent downward y out of the plane of the base to form a hollowed strengthening-web and having the central portion of the hollow of the web at an angle to the vertical. r

3. A rail-'oint, comprising the rails, railchairs at eac side of the joint, each chair having a base-plate, a fishin -plate and a spikingrib a portion of said rib ein bent out of the plane of the base-plate to orm a hollowed strengthening -web and havi the central portion of the hollow of the we at an angle extending outwardly from the vertical.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE A. WEBER.

Witnesses:

' E. VAN Zsmrr, A. L. OBnrmr. 

